advice on ghost shrimps, plz..

[RandomGuy]

i have 5 baby ghost shrimps right now and i want to do a partial water change tmorrow they are in a 1 gallon bowl. I'm wondering should i put dechlroinator into the bowl also? would it harm the shrimps??
plz get to me asap . TIA.

 

[fishstixs05]

No this should n't harm the fish, and it s a whole lot better than the chlorine in the water. BTW, what are the shrimp for, food?

 

[Cichlidguy]

YES! Dechlorinator doesnt not harm fish while chlorine is extremely toxic to them. Never keep any living thing in chlorine water.

 

[smilla4]

The ghost shrimp need their water dechlorinated like fish do.

Though I am wondering how you would treat a fraction of a gallon...

It has also been my experience that if you go _way_ over on the dechlorinator it will kill the shrimp.

 

[SteveM]

Though I am wondering how you would treat a fraction of a gallon...

I have a 1oz bottle of Tetra AquaSafe that calls out 8 drops per gallon - makes it easy to measure for small tanks, but not very useful now that I have a 75G

 

[smilla4]

I have a 1oz bottle of Tetra AquaSafe that calls out 8 drops per gallon - makes it easy to measure for small tanks, but not very useful now that I have a 75G

LOL! I guess that wouldn't do much for top off water even.